I did not need it repeated or lingered on.

One second of it told me everything, and the recording went on to tell me the rest, because Vivienne’s voice came again, level and almost bored, as though nothing had happened: “By the time your father figures it out, the house, the accounts, and every asset he built will already be in my name.” A fist began pounding on the dressing room door.

“Thomas!

Open this door!” Nolan pressed his face into my chest and covered his ears, and I closed the laptop, and I did not open the door.